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Educational Survey of 

Candler County 

Georgia 



By 
M. L. DUGGAN, Rural School Agent 



No. 22 



Under Direction of State 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 



M. L. BRITTAIN 
State Superintendent of Schools 
1918 



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Monograph 



Educational Survey of 

Candler County 

Georgia 



By 
M. L. DUGGAN, Rural School Agent 



No. 22 



Under Direction of State 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 



M. L. BRITTAIN 
State Superintendent of Schools 
1918 




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CANDLER COUNTY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION. 

2. Hon. M. H. Williams, Superintendent Metter, Ga. 

BOARD OF EDUCATION. 

1. Hon. Geo. O. Franklin, Chairman Pulaski, Ga. 

4. Hon. H. B. Durden Graymont, Ga. 

5. Hon. L. H. Sewell Metter, Ga. 

6. Hon E. J. Bird Metter, Ga. 

County Home Economics Agent. 

3. Miss Lucile Brown Metter, Ga. 

County Farm Demonstration Agent 
Mr. F. W. Atkinson Metter, Ga. 



CANDLER COUNTY. 

THE ONE THING MOST NEEDFUL to the public school 
system of Candler county is a more liberal and permanent 
maintenance fund to adequately support the rural schools 

for a uniform school year of at least seven or eight months. 
Nothing less will satisfy the educational demands of the 
county's children. 

Judging from all past experiences in Georgia and else- 
where THE ONLY WAY to secure for and guarantee to 
the schools such support is through countywide local tax- 
ation, as provided for under Georgia laws to such counties 
as will ratify it by two-thirds majority vote. This has 
been done by fifty-four progressive counties in the state, 
and their rural schools stand today as sufficient evidence 
of the success of the plan. (See map.) No county having 
once adopted this plan has ever repealed it. 

WHAT IT WOULD COST AND WHAT IT WOULD BE 

WORTH. 

The taxable property of Candler county, including rail- 
roads, is returned at $1,866,122.00 

A county-wide school tax of 5 mills would yield 9,330.61 

The state school fund for Candler county for 

1918 is 10,014.00 

To which would be added under local taxation 9,330.61 

Making a total school fund for the county of 19,344.61 

Which would be an increase of nearly 100 per cent. 

Such increase would immediately enable the county Board 
of Education to keep ALL of the rural schools open for at 
least eight months, put in an adequate equipment of school- 
room helps at each school, and pay considerably better 
salaries. Or, in other words, it would raise the rural schools 
throughout the county to a standard of efficiency such as 
they have not hitherto attained. 



UNCERTAIN METHODS. 

We can not afford to trust the education of our children 
to methods that are uncertain or temporary. 

Candler county is enjoying unusual prosperity, and her 
citizens are exhibiting commendable liberality towards 
every wholesome public enterprise. The exceptional liberal- 
ity of these good people towards special needs of their 
public schools when strongly presented to them on par- 
ticular occasions, such as subscriptions towards building 
or painting a new or larger school house, or "box suppers" 
to defray incidental or extra expenses, is prompt and 
hearty. So long as present prosperity continues in the 
county such extra demands will continue to be met prompt- 
ly and willingly. 

But it would be unbusiness-like and unreasonable to ex- 
pect any permanent and regular maintenance funds to be 
supplied by such spasmodic methods depending upon so 
many uncertain contingencies. 

And as a matter of fact no system of public schools any- 
where ever have been permanently or satisfactorily sup- 
ported by these temporary methods. Experience everywhere, 
both in city and country, has shown that the only way to 
provide for regular and permanent maintenance funds for 
public schools is by taxation. 

THE ADMINISTRATION. 

The Administration has adopted the motto "EVERY 
SCHOOL A STANDARD SCHOOL", and is working en- 
ergetically and earnestly for the attainment of this high 
ideal. It can not be attained without the active co- 
operation and some sacrifices on the part of the people for 
whose schools they are working. The lack of adequate 
financial support is the main handicap, and this can be re- 
moved by a vote of the people of the county. Where the 
cost against their property is so little, and the results to 



the prospective citizenship of the county so great, any op- 
position will be hard to explain. 

THE SCHOOLS. 

The itemized report upon each school in the county 
accurately given in this Bulletin will reveal to any careful 
reader their deficiencies. We respectfully suggest that 
they be compared with each other, and with "A STAND- 
ARD SCHOOL", hoping that thereby a more vital interest 
in them may be created. We do not deem it necessary to 
point out these deficiencies here, as they will so readily ap- 
pear to every interested reader. 

A WORK DAY OBSERVED. 

As planned by the superintendent and stimulated by 
about $80.00 in prizes offered by the county board of 
education a "Work Day" at all of the schools was observed 
by pupils and patrons on February 27th, from which the 
schools realized in work and donations above $4,000.00. 

But this amount does not nearly represent the value to 
the cause of the increased interest in the schools and their 
pupils on the part of the many citizens who were present 
and helped by their work or contributions. 

"ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES". 

The vigorous work being done through the Boys' and 
Girls' clubs at practically every school in the county by the 
Farm Demonstration Agent and the Home Economics 
Demonstration Agent, in thorough co-operation with the 
county superintendent and teachers, is one of the most 
hopeful signs of the future. The time has come when any 
rural teacher who fails in hearty and active co-operation 
with this practical form of education handicaps seriously 
her own work and future prospects. 



COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE. 

It is worthy of special attention that the new Georgia 
"Compulsory Attendance Law" is being enforced in Candler 
county. 

It is also worthy of attention that this law is not "a weak 
law" in Candler county. (Ask the delinquents.) 

As witnesses call those parents and guardians who have 
been cited by the Candler county board of education to "ap- 
pear and give reasons" why their children were not in 
school "as required by law." 

Reports on non-attendance has been required of the 
teachers. 

Of all those reported for non-attendance every one was 
entered in school within the required ten days, excepting 
only a very few cases of serious illness. 

This new law seems to work successfully only where it is 
enforced. In Candler county it is being enforced. 

With the earnest hope that this report to the people of 
Candler county on their public schools will serve to stimulate 
and vitalize their interest in them I respectfully submit it 
to their consideration. 

M. L. DUGGAN, 
March, 1918. Rural School Agent for Georgia. 




METTER HIGH SCHOOL. 
(A Standard School.) 

Faculty: Prof. O. F. Helm, Supt.; Misses Bertha Hollingsworth, 
Lula Howell, Blannie Trapnell, Agnes Adams, Essie Freeman, 
Eula Peacock, Lucile Kennedy. 

Grounds: Area, two acres; titles in city council; grounds well 
cleaned off, but unimproved; ample playgrounds; no gardens; 
two toilets in good condition. 

Building: Value, $18,000.00, brick; nine class rooms; good audi- 
torium; library room; no cloak rooms planned in building, 
but halls provided with racks; well lighted; building in good 
condition and well kept. 

Equipment: Single patent desks and teachers' desks; good black- 
boards; sets of maps mounted in cases; charts; globes: pic- 
tures; reference dictionaries on stands; library of 525 vols.; 
two pianos; a stove for club work; etc. 

Organization: Eight teachers; school year nine months; ten grades; 
enrollment 396; programs posted; two literary societies; 
music, etc. 

Maintenance: From county funds $1,650.00; from local taxes and 
non-resident tuition fees, $2,697.00; total, $4,347.00. 

Members Canning Club: Misses Alva Lee, Mittie Vaughn, Nellie 
McLean, Mattie Lanier, Eva May Smith, Sallie May Whid- 
don, Virginia Peddy, Leona Wallace, Janie Kennedy, Florida 
Register, Julia Trapnell, Ida Bird, Willie Cooper, Imogene 
Camp, Marguerite Sewell, Cora New, Clara Belle Parrish, 
Mary Lou Tatum, Genevive Camp, Fannie Kirkland, Grace 
Mullins, Martha Vaughn, Lota Trapnell, Eloise Marshall, 
Ruby Collins, Bonnie Tatum, Cora Creech, Nita Belle Lee. 

Pig Club: Gilmore Grubbs, Benn Walls, Langdon Slater, Onida 
Trapnell, Marcell Lanier, Comer Lanier, Beuford Lanier, 
Wade Trapnell, Virginia Peddy, Denva Bowen, Mittie 
Vaughn, Frank Jones. Britt Dekle, Comer Lanier, Eva May 
Smith, John Dennis Durden, Lee Trapnell. 

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ALINE SCHOOL. 
(A Standard School.) 

Teachers: W. C. Kicklighter, Miss Fannie Price, Mrs. Gertie Lake, 
Post Office, Aline, Ga. 

Location: Three miles west to Cool Springs; three miles south- 
west to Coleman. 

Grounds: Area, one and half acres; titles in trustees; grounds be- 
ing improved; ample playgrounds; Basket ball, etc.; school 
gardens; two toilets in good condition. 

Building: Value, $2,500.00; three class rooms; well lighted; wide 
halls for cloak rooms; painted inside and outside; floors 
oiled; in good repair and well kept. 

Equipment: Single patent desks; good blackboards; set of maps 
mounted in case; globe, framed pictures; a reference dic- 
tionary; library of fifty volumes; a stove for club work. 

Organization: Three teachers; school year, seven months; eight 
grades; enrollment 82; programs posted; A Home Helpers' 
Club and a Community Civic Club. 

Maintenance: From county, $460.00; from tuition, $150.00; total, 
$610.00. 

Members Canning Club: Misses Gency Durden, Audrie Edenfield. 

Members Boys' Club: Felton Pland, Rufus Brinson, Frank Bland, 
Burris Sellars. 



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SAPPLING GROVE SCHOOL. 



Teachers: I. L. Tyson, Miss Rubie Phillips, Pulaski, Ga. 

Location: Four miles south to Pulaski; four miles north to Maine 
High School. 

Grounds: Area, two acres; titles in local trustees; fenced and well 
improved; well kept; ample playgrounds; school gardens; 
only one toilet, in bad condition. 

Building: Value, $2,000.00; two class rooms; improperly and insuffi- 
ciently lighted; cloak rooms; painted inside and outside; 
floors oiled; in good repair and well kept. 

Equipment: Single patent desks and teachers' desks; first-class 
blackboards; good set of maps, mounted; chart; globe; 
framed pictures; a reference dictionary; small library; organ. 

Organization: Two teachers; seven months school year; eight grades: 
enrollment 57; program posted. 

Maintenace: $325.00 from county, $325.00 from tuition, total, $650.00. 

Canning Club Members: Misses Clara Bland, Floy Saxon, Pearl 
Davidson, Eunice Mae Bevie, Allie Brown, Clare Belle Col- 
lins, Bertha Brown. 



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COOL SPRINGS SCHOOL. 

Teachers: Miss Annie Lee Warren, Miss Lola Culpepper, Stillmore, 
Ga. 

Location: Three miles east to Aline; four miles southeast to Cole- 
man. 

Grounds: Area, one-fourth acre; titles (?); adjoining a church lot; 
unimproved; no playgrounds except on the adjoining church 
lot; no school gardens; two toilets in fair condition. 

Building: Value, $800.00; two class rooms; insufficiently and im- 
properly lighted; no cloak rooms; floors oiled; ceiled, but 
unpainted; in good repair and well kept. (This building is 
inadequate to the demands of the community, and plans are 
already on hand for a three-room up-to-date building which 
will be erected at a very early date.) 

Equipment: Shop-made desks and teachers' desk; good blackboards; 
United States and State maps, charts, globe; framed pictures; 
a reference dictionary; library of fifty volumes in a good 
case; covered water-coolers, individual cups; a stove for 
cooking and canning club work. 

Organization: Two teachers; school year, six months; nine grades; 
enrollment 109; programs posted. 

Maintenance: From county funds, $347.50; from District local tax, 
$226.50; total, $540.00. 

Members Canning Club: Misses Maggie Bradley, Alma Durden, 
Charlie Warren. Olivia Warren, Maxie Morgan, Palma 
Durden, Mina Morgan, Oza Powers, Mamie Davis, Estelle 
Bird, Verta McDilda, Gertrude Phillips, Iola Rauten, Clara 
Boyd, Annie Martin, Patriel May, Callie Durden, Dovie War- 
ren. 

Boys' Club: Rawlings Morgan, Terrell Warren, Glenn Warren, Lewis 
Bradley. 



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COLEMAN SCHOOL. 



Teachers: Miss Ruby Hooks, Miss Pearl Holloway, Cobbtown, Ga., 
R. 2. 

Location: Three miles northeast to Aline; four miles east to 
Wolf's Creek; four miles northwest to Cool Springs. 

Grounds: Area, two acres; titles in trustees; unimproved; ample 
playgrounds; no school pardens; two toilets in average con- 
dition. 

Building: Value, $1,000.00; two class rooms; fairly well lighted; no 
cloak rooms; ceiled; unpainted; floors oiled; in good repair 
and well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; good blackboards; United States 
history and small state map; no charts; no globe; framed 
pictures; a reference dictionary; librarv case, 50 volumes. 

Organization: Two teachers; school year, six months; seven grades; 
enrollment, 66; programs posted. 

Maintenance: From county funds, $325.00; from District local tax, 
$293.00; total, $618.00. 

Boys' Club: James Cooper, Loren Youmans, Raspus Coleman, John 
L. Youmans, Earl Dye. 



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WOLF CREEK SCHOOL. 

Teachers: H. A. Bacon, Miss Vera Collins, Cobbtown, Ga. 

Location: Four miles west to Colemen; four miles south to Cowart; 
four and half miles northeast to Metter 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in trustees; well fenced; well 
situated; small playgrounds; school gardens; twi toilets in 
good condition. 

Building: Value, $1,250.00; two class rooms; well lighted; cloak 
rooms to be added; painted outside; ceiled inside; well 
kept; in good repair. 

Equipment: Single patent desks; po<.r blackboards; only a United 
States history map; charts; globe; no framed pictures; a 
reference dictionary, on a good stand; a library of 100 
volumes. 

Organization: Two teachers; school year, six and half months; 
seven grades; enrollment, 60; programs posted. 

Maintenance: From county funds, $275.00; from tuition, $177.50; 
total, $452.50. 

Members Canning Club: Misses Annie Mae Youmans, Laura Belle 
Bird, Nebie Lanier, Bertie Mercer, Julia Turner, Maggie 
Mercer, Gertie Collins, Mattie Mae Newman, Louise Cooper, 
Carrie Lively, Norah Hendrix, Annie Lanier, Rubie Mae 
Holloway, Eloise Bird, Florence Bird. 

Members Pig Club: Jobie Youmans, Willie Cooper. 



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ELBETHEL SCHOOL. 

Teachers: Miss Ruth Jarriel, Summit, Ga. 

Location: Near county-line; five miles east to Magnolia; 4 1-2 miles 
southwest to Rosemary. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in local trustees; fenced; unimprov- 
ed; small playgrounds; no school gardens; only one toilet, 
average condition. 

Buildings: Value, $1,600.00; two class rooms; no cloak rooms; well 
lighted; ceiled, but unpainted; in good repair and well kept. 

Equipment: Single patent desks and teachers' desks; good black- 
boards; one United States history map; no charts; no globe; 
no pictures; no reference dictionary; no library; improve- 
ment in contemplation. 

Organization: One teacher; five months school year; seven grades; 
enrollment, 39; programs posted. 

Maintenance: From county funds, $175.00; from tuition, $75.00. 

Members Canning Club: Miss Maggie Lee Ellington, Queenie Land, 
Mary Williams, Rhody Banks, Pearl Banks. 

Members Pig Club: Foster Johnson, Grover Culver, Susie Belle 
Culver, Jim E. Ellington. 



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MAGNOLIA SCHOOL. 

Teachers: Miss Myrtle Frederick; Miss Lilla Belle Yates, Metter, 
Ga., R. 1. 

Location: Three miles southeast to Maine school; four miles south 
to Green Valley; five miles west to El Bethel. 

Grounds: Area, three acres; titles in local trustees; fenced, other- 
wise unimproved; ample playgrounds; school garden; only 
one toilet, condition average. 

Building: Value, $1,500.00; two class rooms; cloak rooms; insuffi- 
ciently lighted; unceiled and unpainted; new building un- 
finished. 

Equipment: Single patent and shop-made desks; cloth blackboards; 
United States history map only; small globe; no chart; no 
charts; no pictures; a reference dictionary on stand; small 
library. 

Organization: Two teachers; school year, five months; eight grades; 
enrollment, 54; a literary club; programs posted. 

Maintenance: From county funds, $300.00; from tuition, $200.00; 
total, $500.00. 

Canning Club Members: Misses Vashti Drue; Missouri Beasley, Ida 
Lanier, Mellie Brinson. 

Boys' Club: Charlie Johnson; John Lanier, Aubrey Webb. 



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MAINE HIGH SCHOOL. 
(A Standard School.) 

Teachers: A. D. Finley; Miss Emma Collins, Metter, Ga., R. 1; 
Miss Zeta Parrish, Music. 

Location Three miles northwest to Magnolia; four miles south- 
west to Pine Hill; four miles west to Green Valley. 

Grounds: Area, four acres; titles in local county board; well fenced 
and improved; ample playgrounds; school gardens; two 
toilets in good condition. 

Building: Value, $2,000.00; two class rooms; cloak rooms; well light- 
ed; floors oiled; painted inside and outside; in good repair 
and well kept. 

Equipment: Single patent desks and teachers' desks; good black- 
boards; United States history and state maps; charts; globe; 
framed pictures; a reference dictionary; library of 200 
volumes; piano; sand tables, etc; a stove for club work. 

Organization: Two teachers; school year, seven months; nine grades; 
enrollment, 81; programs posted; special class of 20 in 
piano. 

Maintenance: From county funds, $437.50; from tuition, $367.50; 
total, $805.00. 

Canning Club Members: Misses Mamie Cook, Amy Jones, Una 
Hendrix, Jewell Cook, Nettie Jones, Eva Adams, Denie 
Davis, Delia Davis, Bertie Lee Dixon, True Watson, Clara 
Belle Watson; Chloe Hendrix, Neta Rodgers, Leta Adams, 
Lilian Kitchens. 

Pig Club: Emerson Jones, Tolbert Jones, Bill Jones, Wallace Wat- 
son, Roy Hendrix, Louise Boylston, Charlie R. Hendrix, Tay- 
lor Hendrix, Leon Hendrix. 



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GREEN VALLEY SCHOOL. 

Teachers: Miss Fannie Isbell; Miss Edna Dasher, Metter, Ga. 

Location: Two and half miles south to Pine Hill; four miles north 
to Magnolia; four miles east to Maine. 

Grounds: Area, two acres; titles in county board; well fenced and 
otherwise improved; ample playgrounds; school gardens; 
two toilets in fair condition. 

Building: Value, $2,000.00; two class rooms; cloak rooms; improper- 
ly lighted; ceiled inside; painted outside; floors oiled; in 
good repair and well kept. 

Equipment: Single patent desks and teachers' desks; good black- 
boards; three maps; chart; small globe; reference dictionary; 
library of 65 volumes; sand tables; organ, etc. 

Organization: Two teachers; school year, seven months; seven 
grades; enrollment, 62; programs posted. 

Maintenance: From county funds, $325.00; from tuition, $305.00; 
total, $630.00. 

Members Canning Club: Misses Elberta Watson, Susie Lanier, Clida 
Roberts, Ola Yandle, Mary Tidwell, Corrinne Lanier, Eva 
Jones, Eunice Cannady, Terrah Cannady, Zenia Patterson. 

Boys' Club: Willie Jones, Elmer Jones, Hugh Tidwell, Bennie Elder - , 
Robert Youndle. 



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PINE HILL SCHOOL. 
Teachers: Rouchen Horton, Mrs. Lizzie Moore, Metter, Ga. 

Location: Two and half miles north to Green Valley; four miles 
east to Maine school; four miles west to Rosemary. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in Board of Education; grounds 
well fixed. Two toilets in good condition. 

Building: Value, $1,500.00; three class rooms; insufficiently lighted; 
cloak rooms; painted inside and outside; in good repair and 
well kept. 

Equipment: Double and single patent desks and teachers' desks; 
good blackboards; United States history and state maps; 
no charts; no globe; no pictures; reference dictionary; 
library, 40 volumes. 

Organization: Two teachers; school year, seven months; seven 
grades; enrollment, 85; programs posted. 

Maintenance: From county funds, $300.00; from District local tax, 
$365.00; total, $665.00. 

Canning Club Members: Misses Rubie Lanier, Clara Belle Still, 
Mary Bird, Fleta Dominy, Allie Creech, Elmer Lucus, Myrtle 
Bird, Addie Dyches, Gladys Miles, Bertha Norton, Bertie 
Mae Hurt, Ida Hurt, Eula Bird, Beulah Miles, Mozelle Dyches, 
Irmy Dominey, Lizzie Miles, Mamie Creech, Cora Faulkner. 

Pig Club: Willie Hurt, Paul Miles, Fred Miles, Kelmer Lucus, 
Herbert Norton, Onnie Doyle, David Norton, Geo. Bird, 
Comer Bird, Mary Bird, Addie Dyches, Clara Belle Still, 
Willie Jones. 



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ROSEMARY SCHOOL. 
(A Standard School.) 

Teachers: D. W. Grantham; Miss Cassie Yeomans, Graymont, Ga. 

Location: Four miles south to Pine Grove; four miles west to 
Beulah. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in County Board of Education; well 
fenced; ample playgrounds; school gardens; one acre in 
potatoes; two toilets, fair condition. 

Building: Value, $1,800.00; two class rooms; one cloak room; in- 
sufficiently lighted; painted inside and outside; in good re- 
pair and well kept. 

Equipment: Single patent desks and teachers' desks; good black- 
boards; United States history and small state maps; no 
charts; small globe; framed pictures; a reference dictionary; 
sand tables; good library case with 100 volumes; covered 
water coolers; a stove for club work. 

Organization: Two teachers; six and half months school year; eight 
grades; enrollment, 83; program posted. 

Maintenance: From county funds, $325.00; from District local tax, 
$110.00; total, $435.00. 

Members Canning Club: Misses Louise Coleman, Corrine Olliff, Hat- 
tie Durden, Stella Edenfield, Alice Olliff, Alma Akins, Eunice 
Rigdon, Martha Watson, Cora Lee Lanier, Inez Edenfield. 

Pig Club: Loyd Watson, Hurbert Watson, Hattie Durden, Inez Eden- 
field, Edna Olliff, Claud Lanier, Etta Olliff, Horace Coleman, 
Noah McGowan, Arlie Rigdon, Leo Atkins, Stella Edenfield, 
Clyde Lanier, Frank Watson. 



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COWARTS SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Mae Collins, Cobbtown, Ga., R. 4. 

Location: Three miles south to Evergreen; four miles north to 
Wolf's Creek school. 

Grounds: Area, (?); titles in local trustees; fenced; otherwise un- 
improved; ample playgrounds; no school gardens; only one 
toilet, condition average. 

Building: Value, $900; one class room; no cloak room; improperly 
lighted; ceiled, but unpainted; in good repair and well 
kept. 

Equipment: Single patent desks and teachers' desk; good black- 
boards; one United States history map only; chart; globe; 
reference dictionary; no library. 

Organization: One teacher; school year, five months; six grades; en- 
rollment, 54; program posted. 

Maintenance: From county funds, $150.00; from tuition, $25.00; 
total, $175.00. 

Canning Club Member: Miss Avis Boyd 

Members Boys' Clubs: Wafford Edenfield, Frank Puckett, Frank 
Smith 



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BEULAH SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Ila J. Foster, Stillmore, Ga. 

Location: Four miles east to Pine Grove, four and one-half miles 
northeast to Rosemary. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in private individual; grounds en- 
tirely unimproved; yards well cleaned up; ample play- 
grounds; no school gardens; only one toilet, in bad condition. 

Building: Value, $900.00; one room; no cloak rooms; fairly well 
lighted; not very well kept; ceiled, but unpainted; in good 
repair. 

Equipment: Single patent desks and teachers' desk; good black- 
boards; United States history map only; no charts; no globe; 
no framed pictures; no reference dictionary; library of 50 
volumes. 

Organization: One teacher; school year, six months; seven grades; 
enrollment, 32; no schedule posted. 

Maintenance: From county funds, $175.00; from tuition, $95.00; 
total, $270.00. 

Canning Club Members: Misses Idelle Durden, Louise Black. 

Members Boys' Clubs: Josh Durden, Miller Flanders, Harrold Dur- 
den, Carmel Daughtry. 



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PINE GROVE SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Beulah Hulsey, Graymont, Ga. 

Location: Four miles west to Beulah; four miles north to Rose- 
mary, four and one-half miles southeast to Metter. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in local trustees; fenced; other- 
wise unimproved; ample playgrounds; no school gardens; 
only one toilet, condition bad. 

Building: Value, $900.00; one class room; no cloak rooms; im- 
properly lighted; ceiled, but unpainted; in good repair and 
well kept. 

Equipment: Shop-made desks; good blackboards; no maps; no charts; 
no globe; no reference dictionary; no pictures; no library; 
a stove for club work. 

Organization: One teacher; seven months school year; seven grades; 
enrollment, 47; program posted. 

Maintenace: From county funds, $175.00; from tuition, $215.00; 
total, $390.00. 

Canning Club Members: Misses Gertrude Pierce, Alma Daughtry, 
Eunice Collins, Myrtle Daughtry, Eddie Lynn, Selma Mikell, 
Lillian Jennings, DeAlva Deakle. 

Pig Club: Rhonnie Moore. 



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EVERGREEN SCHOOL. 

Teacher: J. M. Creech, Jr., Cobbtown, Ga. 

Location: Three miles north to Cowarts, near Tattnall county line. 

Grounds: Area, two acres; titles (?); fenced, but otherwise unim- 
proved; ample playgrounds; no school gardens; two toilets 
in fair condition. 

Building: Value, $600.00; one class room; improperly and insuffi- 
ciently lighted; one cloak room; ceiled, but unpainted; in 
good repair and well kept. 

Equipment: Home-made and patent desks; good blackboards; two 
maps; a small globe; no charts; a reference dictionary; no 
framed pictures; no library. 

Organization: One teacher; school year, five months; five grades; 
enrollment, 44; program posted. 

Maintenance: From county funds, $175.00; from tuition, $50.00; 
total $225.00. 

Canning Club Members: Misses Susie May Green, Ellie Belle Brown, 
Tessie Roberts. 

Boys' Club Members: George Thrift, Morrison Rushing, Harvey 
Green, Willie Hackle. 



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PULASKI SCHOOL. 

(Temporarily Used for School.) 

Teachers: 0. T. Taylor, Miss Elenor Ray, Pulaski, Ga. 

Grounds: (The school building- having recently burned down a new 
location is being selected. It will be well located, and ample 
in area. Titles will be vested in the local trustees.) 

Building: (A Lodge building is being used temporarily until a new 
building can be erected. Plans are in hand and contract 
let for a $5,500.00 building, which will serve the community 
well.) 

Equipment: The temporary buildinq- is comfortably fitted up with 
single patent desks, first-class blackboards, sets of maps 
mounted on rollers, charts, globes, reference dictionaries, 
etc. There is a library ordered ($165.00). 

Organization: Two teachers; school year, eight months; eight 
grades; enrollment, 65; programs posted. 

Maintenance: From county funds, $175.00; from tuition, $385.00; 
total, $560.00. (District has voted local tax.) 

Canning Club Members: Miss Mary Kate Ellis. 



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EXCELSIOR SCHOOL. 

Teacher: J. W. D. Licas, Register, Ga. 

Location: Three miles east to Atwood; four and one-half miles 
northwest to Franklin school. 

Grounds: Area, five acres; titles in local trustees; pine grove, un- 
improved; ample playgrounds; only one toilet, condition 
bad. 

Building: Value, $2,000.00; two-story, three rooms; no cloak rooms; 
insufficiently lighted; painted inside and outside; in bad 
repair but well cleaned up. 

Equipment: Double patent desks and teachers' desk; very poor 
blackboards; one United States history map and tmall state 
map; no charts; no globe; no reference dictionary; no framed 
pictures; no library. 

Organization: One teacher; seven months school year; five grades; 
enrollment, 54; program posted. 

Maintenance: $175.00 from county; $75.00 from tuition; total, 
$250.00. 

Canning Club Member: Miss Laura Dell Saunders. 

Boys' Clubs: Dennis Bragg, Isadore Sanders, Roy Freirson. 

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FRANKLIN SCHOOL. 

Teachers: Miss Lera Mulleing, Miss Nona Phillips, Pulaski, Ga. 

Location: Four and half miles west to Metter, four miles north- 
east to Pulaski, four and one-half miles southeast to Ex- 
celsior. 

Grounds: Area, three acres; titles in county board; fenced, but 
otherwise unimproved; ample playgrounds; school gardens; 
only one toilet; condition average. 

Building: Value, $1,400.00; three class rooms; improperly and in- 
sufficiently lighted; no cloak rooms; ceiled, but unpainted; 
in good repair; not very well kept. 

Equipment: Insufficient number single patent i>sks and some shop- 
made desks; teachers' desks; poor blackboards; chart and 
globe; no maps; no framed pictures; no reference dictionary; 
no library; organ. 

Organization: Two teachers: seven months school year; seven 
grades; enrollment, 60; program posted. 

Maintenance: From county funds, $325.00; from tuition, $415.00; 
total, $740.00. 

Canning Club Members: Misses Cora Wilson, Sallie McGauley, Luna 
Dixon, Edith Dell Trapnell, Meda Brown, Effie Aldridge, 
Amelia Brown, Essie Mae Boyd. 

Boys' Club: Lonnie Dixon, Jim Boyd, Joe Wilson, Ned Lane, J. T. 
Brookins, Alton Daniels, W. D. McGauley. 



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LETTER FROM STATE SUPERINTENDENT 
M. L. BRITTAIN 

To the County Superintendent and Teachers: 

Educational results and good teaching generally are not 
often secured in a shiftless-looking building in which neith- 
er patrons, pupils, nor teachers take any pride. Indefinite- 
ness has been removed at this point through the standard 
school. In the larger towns and cities pressure of public 
sentiment and the comment of visitors will sooner or later 
force good educational conditions — and they are improv- 
ing constantly. Rural communities need to be shown and 
inspired by educational leaders and we. have sent diplomas 
to more than two hundred county schools where the super- 
intendents have certified to the fact that they have meas- 
ured up to the standard in every particular. There are a 
number of localities in the State where the feeling is that 
no community in the county is able to bring its school up 
to these very reasonable requirements. I cannot help but 
think that this is a mistaken view and that some standard 
schools could be secured in every county in Georgia and 
that these would serve to inspire the others to progress. 
Superintendents have written that the use of this efficiency 
test has developed more progress in the past 12 months 
than for years previous in the way of improvement. The 
plan is of no value, however, where it is not used or applied 
and I earnestly hope we will have the effort at least of 
every superintendent in the State to have his county repre- 
sented on this roll of honor. The list will be published in 
the next Annual Report. The standard is not unreasonably 
high and no more than the Georgia parent has the right to 
expect. Copies should be posted in every county school 
room in the State and can be secured for this purpose at 
any time on application to the State Department of Edu- 
cation. To be entitled to a diploma a school should measure 
up to the standard in the following particulars: 

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I. The Teacher. 

1. Good Teaching. 

2. Good Order and Management. 

3. First Grade Certificate. 

4. Full, Neat, and Accurate School Register. 

5. Daily Program Posted in Room. 

6. Teacher's Manual on Desk. 

II. Grounds. 

1. Good Condition. 

2. Playgrounds. 

3. School Garden. 

4. Two Separate Sanitary Closets. 

III. .Building. 

1. Painted Outside. 

2. Plastered, or Ceiled and Painted. 

3. No Leaks. 

4. Windows without Broken Panes. 

5. Cloak Rooms. 

6. Good Doors with Locks and Keys. 

7. Clean and Well-kept. 

IV. Equipment. 

1. Patent Modern Desks. 

2. At least 20 Lineal feet of Blackboard per Room. 

3. Building Comfortably Heated and Ventilated. 

4. Framed Pictures on the Wall. 

5. Dictionary, Maps and Library. 

6. Sanitary Water Supply. 

V. Associated Activities. 

1. Manual Arts, Corn, Canning, Pig, Poultry, or Cook- 
ing Club. 

VI. Salary of Teacher. 
At least $40 per month. 

VII. Term. 
At least seven months. 

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